archaeometry
noun
archaeometry is a noun meaning “The application of techniques and methodologies of the natural sciences to archaeology, mostly for dating, analysis, survey and confirmation of…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-R-C-H-A-E-O-M-E-T-R-Y, and it appears about once in every 71 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does archaeometry mean?
noun
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The application of techniques and methodologies of the natural sciences to archaeology, mostly for dating, analysis, survey and confirmation of provenance or authenticity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is archaeometry?
Archaeometry appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Archaeometry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the application of scientific techniques and methodologies to archaeology:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | archéométrie |
| German | Archäometrie |
| Portuguese | arqueometria |
| Spanish | arqueometría |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does archaeometry come from?
From archaeo- + -metry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).